Folding portable ironing-board



L. L. LOCKE.

FOLDING PORTABLE IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, I919.

. Patented May 11,1920.

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FOLDING PORTABLE IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented play 11, 1920,

Application filed. December 20, 1919. Serial No. 346,257.

a folding portprovide a simple, practical and e'tlicient foldingportable ironing board, adapted when arranged for use to presentperfectly smooth continuous upper and lower surfaces, so as to form aperfect ironing board and adapted to be rolled into compact form toenable it to be readily stored and maintained in a clean condition andalso to be easily carried about.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction,within the scope of the claims. may be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof.

In the drawing, in which like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts in the several figures Figure 1 is a side elevationof an ironing board constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, the ironing board being rolled and securedin compact form;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the ironing board.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the ironing board partly rolled.

'in its construction a bottom layer of slats 1, an upper layer 2 of feltor similar material, and a thin top covering 3 of muslin, or similarmaterial. The ironing board,

which may be made of any desired size, is preferably oblong, as shown,and the slats l of the bottom layer are disposed transversely of theironing board with their side faces or edges in contact with oneanother, so as to present a smooth continuous lower face. The slats forma practically solid wooden section and the upper layer of felt, orequivalent material, constitutes a pad, and is secured to the slats ofthe bottom layer by suitable adhesive material and the upper covering ofmuslin may be secured to the felt in any desired manner by stitchedadhesive material. or the like, and. it can be applied to the feltbefore the latter is secured to the lower flexible wooden layer, and themuslin covering may be used as an edge binder for the felt and also forthe lower layer of slats, as will be readily un derstood.

It is preferable to provide a binding ele ment '-l of tape, or similarmaterial, to form durable and e'liicient hinge connect-ions between theslats in order that the ironing board may be rolled into compact form,as shown. without liability of separating the slats or affecting theconnection between the same and the upper felt layer. The tape l issecured by tacks 5, or similar fastening devices, to the transverseslats at the ends thereof, and it may be also secured to the same and tothe upper layer by adhesive material or other means, such as stitching,and it will form an eflicient binding and connecting element forprotecting the edges of the felt and for securing the side edges of thefelt to the ends of the transverse slats and also for connecting andhinging the slats to one another to form a continuous flexible bottomlayer adapted to be arranged in the form of a roll. Instead of employingwood, any other suitable material may, of course, be used in theconstruction of the bottom layer of the ironing board. The ironing boardis secured when rolled, by cords 6 connected at 7 to one end of theironing board and adapted to be passed partially around the same andknotted at 8, as shown in Fig. 3. The ironing board, when rolled, isadapted to be compactly stored and may be easily maintained in a cleancondition. free from dust, and it is also adapted to be constructed, insizes which will enable it to be readily carried by travelers, for usein connection With an electric, or other iron, in order that garmentsmay be easily and quickly pressed.

WVhat is claimed is 1. A folding ironing board comprising a lowerflexible layer of narrow transverse slats having contiguous side faces,a layer of felt secured to the upper faces of the slats and connectingthe same together and permitting the slats to be rolled to compact form,and a covering of thin fabric secured to the upper face of the pad.

2. A folding ironing board comprising a lower flexible layer of narrowtransverse slats having contiguous side faces, a layer of felt securedto the upper faces of the slats LESLIE L. LOCKE.

